Preface 1. The Dental Profession and Professional Ethics 2. Professional Ethics, Professionalism, and Patient Trust 3. The Questions of Professional Ethics 4. The Relationship between Patient and Professional5. The Central Practice Values of Dental Practice 6. Ethical Decision-Making and Conflicting Obligations 7. Patients with Compromised Capacity 8. Working Together 9. Bad Outcomes and Bad Work10. Managing an Ethical Dental Practice 11. Society's Health Care Resources and Access to Oral Health Care 12. Care of Patients vs. Third Party Payers and Other Bureaucracies 13. The Wrong Message and Why It Matters 14. The Obligations of Dentistry's Professional Organizations 15. Self-Formation and Dentistry's Future: Professionalism or Commercialism Appendix: Resources for Dental Professional Ethics and Professionalism Education Bibliography Index About the Authors